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Transfiguration Cathedral is 
Dimensional drawings, photographs of fragments
Historical photographs. The state of temple for the period 2010–2011. Building view after the building view of 2012. Dimensional plans (in Russian).
Design proposals
Facades of the temple. Coloring options (in Russian).
Transfiguration Cathedral
(in Russian) // web site ''""Соборы.ру""'' ("Cathedrals.ru")
Transfiguration Cathedral (Belozersk)
(in Russian) // web site ''Russian temples''
Transfiguration Cathedral (Belozersk) - Belozersk Local Museum's official site
(in Russian)
spherical panoramas on the site ''Kremlin of Belozersk''
(in Russian) Transfiguration History museums in Russia Religious museums in Russia Churches completed in 1667 17th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Tourist attractions in Vologda Oblast Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Vologda Oblast {{Russia-EO-church-stub
Russia
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n Orthodox church located inside the earthen rampart of the Belozersk
Belozersk (), known as Beloozero () until 1777, is a town and the administrative center of Belozersky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the southern bank of Lake Beloye, from which it takes the name, northwest of Vologda, the admi ...
' Kremlin in Vologda region
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The city serves as a major transport hub of the Northwest of Russia. The Min ...
. It is a three-apse
In architecture, an apse (: apses; from Latin , 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek , , 'arch'; sometimes written apsis; : apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical Vault (architecture), vault or semi-dome, also known as an ' ...
four-pillar temple with five onion-like dome
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s, and is the dominant building of Kremlin.
Its construction had started in 1668 and was fully completed only by the end of the 1670s. The architecture of the temple was designed in archaic forms as it was typical for the second half of the XVII-th century. However, the facades' decoration was developed in the style typical for more early period – those of local architecture of the XVI-th century. Currently the Transfiguration Cathedral functions as a museum and is managed by the Belozersky Local Museum. The museum is open to the public from May to October.
An object of cultural heritage of Russia of federal significance.
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External links
Dimensional drawings, photographs of fragments
Historical photographs. The state of temple for the period 2010–2011. Building view after the building view of 2012. Dimensional plans (in Russian).
Design proposals
Facades of the temple. Coloring options (in Russian).
Transfiguration Cathedral
(in Russian) // web site ''""Соборы.ру""'' ("Cathedrals.ru")
Transfiguration Cathedral (Belozersk)
(in Russian) // web site ''Russian temples''
Transfiguration Cathedral (Belozersk) - Belozersk Local Museum's official site
(in Russian)
spherical panoramas on the site ''Kremlin of Belozersk''
(in Russian) Transfiguration History museums in Russia Religious museums in Russia Churches completed in 1667 17th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Tourist attractions in Vologda Oblast Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Vologda Oblast {{Russia-EO-church-stub